Thursday, August 15, 2024

Long Past Recess

I go out and I take in
the funny and clever words
in rooms full of people
not even trying to hide
the schoolyard arrogance
that nobody ever grows out of
not even a schoolyard outsider 
climbing in the trees
beyond the monkey bars
long past recess

-Will Found
August 2024
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1 comment:

  1. PS ColleyMarch 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM

    This is very playful and beautiful, Will. I love the metaphor as a schoolyard to today's society.

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